Zac has FPIES reactions, apparently. This is the hard part of child care for an FPIES family; no matter how much the caregiver loves the child and believes that FPIES is real and serious, if they haven’t lived it every moment of the day they just don’t quite understand the … Continue reading
Last Wednesday, the first thing I did after landing back home was to head out to Bug Scuffle Farms. I needed some lamb, you see. Backtracking a bit; Zac was doing pretty good on his quinoa trial, but then, of course, the ruptured eardrum from hell came and forced us … Continue reading
Yesterday I told you about the boys double birthday party last weekend and how the cake sort of went wonky. But it wasn’t a horrible day, even without a big bash and an awesome cake! Jed was really excited by the candles on the cake… He didn’t get to blow … Continue reading
Last Saturday we had a double Birthday Party for the boys! Thanks to my sheer awesomeness, I forgot to invite anyone until Thursday night. Yeah, I know. I rock. Consequently, it was a family affair with just my parents, the boys, Darrel and myself. That’s okay, though, because this is … Continue reading
This is the third post of my series on “Traveling on a TED” – or, Total Elimination Diet. You can find the previous posts here and here. __________ Once you’ve figured out what you can eat and gathered all your food, then you have to decide how you’re going to cook it … Continue reading
This is the second post of my series on “Traveling on a TED” – or, Total Elimination Diet. You can find the first post here. __________ So to prepare all this food to go to work I had to do a lot of cooking, and I had my Excalibur running almost 24/7 … Continue reading
Some people might be curious how I stay on my Total Elimination Diet while traveling non-stop for days on end. It’s a good question, and the answer is: lots of planning, preparation, and cool gizmos. I started to write this as a single post, but it was just too involved … Continue reading
I have now officially finished my first trip back to work. Honestly, it wasn’t too bad. Pretty much my entire time away was a series of me thinking “I can handle this!” followed by “I can’t handle this!” – repeat ad nauseum. It started with arriving in my domicile on … Continue reading
<chirp chirp chirp> That’s the sound of the crickets chirping in the silence of the last week here at Cradle Rocking Mama. I’ve been, as they say, out of pocket. And out of my mind, but that’s starting to seem all too typical! So, to ease any concerns I’m going … Continue reading
I have to start this post with a gigantic THANK YOU. After yesterdays emotional ordeal, I was overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and encouragement! To go through a food trial for the first time is scary; to think it was unsuccessful is devastating. But to know that there were … Continue reading
